Genesis 17

17 1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will
multiply thee exceedingly.
3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked
with him, saying,
4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou
shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
5Neither shall thy name
any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a
multitude of nations have I made thee.
6And I will make thee exceeding
fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after
thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God
unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
8And I will give unto thee, and to
thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for
an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant,
thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
10This is my
covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee:
every male among you shall be circumcised.
11And ye shall be circumcised
in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt
me and you.
12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among
you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or
bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.
13He that is
born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant.
14And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the
flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.

15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16And I will bless her, and
moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall
be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.
17Then
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child
be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety
years old, bear?
18And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live
before thee!
19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a
son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant
with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
20And as for
Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him
fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget,
and I will make him a great nation.
21But my covenant will I establish
with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next
year.

22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house,
and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame
day, as God had said unto him.
24And Abraham was ninety years old and
nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25And Ishmael
his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin.
26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son.
27And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those
bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.